Progress against the field
Between Cardiff 2026 and Birmingham 2026, Matt Smith pulled 1:15 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:16 quicker, so 4:31 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Cardiff 2026 → Barcelona 2026: 3:33 on the field in 15 days.
How this is worked out ⓘ
A finish time moves for two reasons: the athlete, and the race — its course, its floor, its day. For each pair of races in a row in one category, we take everyone who raced both and use the middle of how much they moved (the median) as "the race". Whatever is left is the athlete. Doubles are compared only when the same two people raced both, and told as the pair's; relays are left out. A pair with fewer than 15 athletes in common is not shown.
Every race
8 races · 5 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:10:24252/605Beat 58%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:12129/359Beat 64%
↑ 170 days after Barcelona 2026 2:18 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:18 behind the field: 1:02 slower on the clock, against 1:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 faster This athlete1:02 slower -
Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:10 PB172/643Beat 73%
↑ 15 days after Cardiff 2026 3:33 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:33 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:00 faster for everyone, so 3:33 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:00 faster This athlete5:33 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:28:56 PB608/848Beat 28%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:01:11 PB32/430Beat 93%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:43217/466Beat 53%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:32:511131/1372Beat 18%
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Madrid27 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:05:22175/1029Beat 83%